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As*sign" (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assigned (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assigning.] [OE. assignen, asignen, F. assigner, fr. L. assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum mark, sign. See Sign.] 1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
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In the order I assign to them. Loudon.
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The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. Southey.
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He assigned to his men their several posts. Prescott.
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2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
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All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. Spenser.
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It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. De Quincey.
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3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
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To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. Kent.
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As*sign" (?), v. i. (Law) To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust.
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As*sign", n. [From Assign, v.] A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. [Obs.]
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Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so. Shak.
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As*sign", n. [See Assignee.] (Law) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
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